. >> reporter: a week after police officer phillip standofer pushed her out of the way of his oncoming car it almost certainly saved her life. sarah beady still struggles to put her gratitude into word. >> thank you doesn't cover the fact that i am here and talking. >> reporter: that night in lubbock, texas it was the 19-year-old student talking to officers about a fender-bender she just witnessed. watch again as a van with an alleged drunk driver behind the wheel plows into the police car sending it barrelling towards them. officer standofer grabs beady and pushes her to safety. the other cop barely escapes too. >> i knew that she didn't see the car coming. so i just moved and got her out of the way. >> reporter: in fact while beady was safe, the man who just saved her was actually penned between the cars. >> i looked at my leg and saw that it didn't look like it was pointing in the direction it should have been. >> i remember hitting the concrete and closing my eyes again because i wasn't sure if i was going to open them up. >> reporter: beady escaped with a few scrapes on her face.